Valhalla Hills news & patch notes

Der zweite DLC für Valhalla Hills ist da: Feuerberge. Felsiger Boden und Asche ist nicht unbedingt die gemütlichste Umgebung für Wikinger; Gartenbau ist hier ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit. Aber ihr könnt… Dinge…opfern, um den Beistand der Magie einzufordern. Apropos Umgebung: es ist nicht nur heiß, und euren Wikingern könnte der Bart angekokelt werden, nein, auch Lavatrolle und Feuerskorpione sind hinter eurem Stamm her! Macht euch bereit für den Kampf! Der Valhalla Hills: Feuerberge DLC ist ab sofort verfügbar. Außerdem gibt es einen großen Patch für alle Versionen: ** Zaubersprüche **

• Die Opferstätte wurde überarbeitet, dort stehen jetzt auch verschiedene Zaubersprüche zur Verfügung:
• Feuerball: Mit diesem Zauber können Feinde in einem bestimmten Umkreis angegriffen werden.
• Heilzauber: Dieser Zauber heilt alle freundlichen Wikinger im Wirkungsbereich.
• Grüner Daumen: Mit diesem Zauber kann eine Wiese in einem bestimmten Umkreis angelegt werden.
• Aufforstung: Mit diesem Zauber können Bäume in einem bestimmten Umkreis gesetzt werden.
• Rückzug: Durch diesen Zauber kehren alle Soldaten mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit zum sicheren Startportal zurück.
• Koffein-Schub: Durch diesen Zauber sind alle Wikinger wieder hellwach.
• Wikingerplauze: Dieser Zauber füllt die Mägen aller Wikinger.
• Stammesbrüder: Dieser Zauber hebt die Anzahl des Bevölkerungslimits an.
• Backfischregen: Dieser Zauber lässt Backfisch vom Himmel regnen.
• Biergelage: Diamanten kann man nicht essen, aber Bier kann man trinken! Also: weg mit dem Plunder!
• Ziegengezücht: Durch diesen Zauber erscheinen allerhand Ziegen im vorgegebenen Umkreis.
• Vulkanausbruch: Benutze diese Naturgewalt und lasse feurigen Regen auf deine Gegner herniederprasseln.- NUR im DLC 2!

** Wikinger **

• Jäger können nun auch 2 Helfer haben.
• Deine Wikinger sammeln nun auch im freien Spiel Ehre.
• Der Viehzüchter braucht nun weniger Waren und weniger Zeit, um eine Ziege zu züchten.
• Es gibt eine neue Millitäreinheit: den Heiler. Er kann verschieden starke Heilstäbe benutzen, die der Waffenmacher herstellt: einfacher Heilstab, Knochenstab, Kristallstab. Wie andere Millitäreinheiten auch, wird er durch Bier ausdauernder, durch Gold werden jedoch seine Heilfähigkeiten gestärkt.
• Wikinger, die Valhalla erreicht haben, können nun wieder über den "Wikinger rufen" Button des Startportales ins Spiel gerufen werden. Sie besitzen mehr Kraft und Ausdauer. Haben noch keine Wikinger Valhalla erreicht, werden normale Wikinger ins Spiel gerufen, vorausgesetzt natürlich, man hat genügend Wohnhäuser.

** Neues Gebäude: Essenslager **

• Ein Wunsch vieler Spieler wurde erhört: Dieses Gebäude wird zum ausschließlichen Lagern von Nahrungsmitteln genutzt.

** UI **

• Ein Bug, durch den der erste Klick auf das GUI ignoriert wurde, ist gefixt.

** Verschiedenes**

• Ein großes Speicherleck wurde gefunden und behoben. Das Spiel verbraucht also über einen längeren Zeitraum nicht mehr so viel Speicher.
• Ein Ladebalken "verkürzt" die Wartezeit
• Der Status der Fackel entspricht jetzt dem tatsächlichen Status des Gebäudes (an/aus) - (Geologenfackelbug)
• Als Workaround für das Problem mit dem ruckelnden Mauscursor wurde das Randscrolling für Mac standartmäßig deaktiviert.

Valhalla Hills second DLC is now available: Fire Mountains. Stony ground and ash isn’t the most comfortable environment for Vikings, cultivation is near impossible there. However, you can sacrifice… things on the altars to gain helpful magic powers. Speaking of environment, not only does heat and lava threaten to smolder your Vikings beards, but also Lava Trolls and Fire Scorpions are after your tribe! Get ready to fight! The Valhalla Hills: Fire Mountains DLC is now available. Also our big patch is live for all versions. Here you can see the changelog: ** Spells ** The Altar has been updated. There are different kinds of spells you can use now:

• Fireball: This spell attacks enemies within a certain range.
• Healing spell: This spell heals all friendly Vikings within a certain range.
• Watching grass grow: This spell creates a meadow within a certain range.
• Reforestation: This spell plants trees within a certain range.
• Retreat: This spell causes every soldier to rush back to the start portal immediately.
• Caffeine Boost: Through this spell all Vikings are wide awake for a certain time.
• Big Viking Belly: This spell refills the stomachs of all Vikings.
• Clannish Vikings: This spell increases the population limit.
• Fried Fish Rain: Fried fish appears from nowhere within a certain range.
• Beer Carousal: You can't eat diamonds, but drink beer instead. Now then, throw the gewgaw away!
• Goat brood: This spell spawns goats within a certain range.
• Volcanic Eruption: Take control of Mother Nature and let a barrage of fire hail down upon your enemies.- DLC 2 only!

** Vikings **

• Hunters are allowed to have two carriers now.
• Your Vikings get honor even in the Freegame mode now.
• The Animal Breeder needs less time and wares to produce a goat.
• There is a new military unit: the healer. He is able to use different kinds of healstaffs. These weapons for the healer are produced at the Armory: simple Healstaff, Bone Staff, Crystal Staff. Just like other military units he reaches a higher stamina through beer and his healing ability gets stronger through gold.
• Vikings who reached the sacred halls of Valhalla can now be recalled with the "Order Vikings" - Button at the Starting Portal into the game. They will have more strength and health than your ordinary Vikings. If no Vikings of your tribe claimed Valhalla ordinary Vikings will be called into the game, but only if you have build enough dwellings.

** New building: Food Stock **

• Since many players wished for it: This building is used only for food stocking.

** UI **

• A bug that caused the first click on the GUI to be ignored has been fixed.

** Misc. **

• A big memory leak was found and fixed. The game does not need as much memory as it used to.
• A new load animation shortens the waiting time.
• The torchlight now represents the real status of the building. (enabled/disabled) - (Geologist torch bug)
• As a workaround for the jumpy mouse cursor we have disabled border scrolling on Macs per default.

Valhalla Hills second DLC is now available: Fire Mountains. Stony ground and ash isn’t the most comfortable environment for Vikings, cultivation is near impossible there. However, you can sacrifice… things on the altars to gain helpful magic powers. Speaking of environment, not only does heat and lava threaten to smolder your Vikings beards, but also Lava Trolls and Fire Scorpions are after your tribe! Get ready to fight! The Valhalla Hills: Fire Mountains DLC is now available. Also our big patch is live for all versions. Here you can see the changelog: ** Spells ** The Altar has been updated. There are different kinds of spells you can use now:

• Fireball: This spell attacks enemies within a certain range.
• Healing spell: This spell heals all friendly Vikings within a certain range.
• Watching grass grow: This spell creates a meadow within a certain range.
• Reforestation: This spell plants trees within a certain range.
• Retreat: This spell causes every soldier to rush back to the start portal immediately.
• Caffeine Boost: Through this spell all Vikings are wide awake for a certain time.
• Big Viking Belly: This spell refills the stomachs of all Vikings.
• Clannish Vikings: This spell increases the population limit.
• Fried Fish Rain: Fried fish appears from nowhere within a certain range.
• Beer Carousal: You can't eat diamonds, but drink beer instead. Now then, throw the gewgaw away!
• Goat brood: This spell spawns goats within a certain range.
• Volcanic Eruption: Take control of Mother Nature and let a barrage of fire hail down upon your enemies.- DLC 2 only!

** Vikings **

• Hunters are allowed to have two carriers now.
• Your Vikings get honor even in the Freegame mode now.
• The Animal Breeder needs less time and wares to produce a goat.
• There is a new military unit: the healer. He is able to use different kinds of healstaffs. These weapons for the healer are produced at the Armory: simple Healstaff, Bone Staff, Crystal Staff. Just like other military units he reaches a higher stamina through beer and his healing ability gets stronger through gold.
• Vikings who reached the sacred halls of Valhalla can now be recalled with the "Order Vikings" - Button at the Starting Portal into the game. They will have more strength and health than your ordinary Vikings. If no Vikings of your tribe claimed Valhalla ordinary Vikings will be called into the game, but only if you have build enough dwellings.

** New building: Food Stock **

• Since many players wished for it: This building is used only for food stocking.

** UI **

• A bug that caused the first click on the GUI to be ignored has been fixed.

** Misc. **

• A big memory leak was found and fixed. The game does not need as much memory as it used to.
• A new load animation shortens the waiting time.
• The torchlight now represents the real status of the building. (enabled/disabled) - (Geologist torch bug)
• As a workaround for the jumpy mouse cursor we have disabled border scrolling on Macs per default.

Welcome brave Vikings, for all of you who want to know everything about the Valhalla Hills, here is your guide for that. Valhalla Hills Megaguide You can find basics and pro tips here and we like to get your feedback. Stay tuned for updates, the next DLC release is getting closer and a big patch is in our pipeline. Have fun and thanks for playing, your team from Funatics and Daedalic

Welcome brave Vikings, for all of you who want to know everything about the Valhalla Hills, here is your guide for that. Valhalla Hills Megaguide You can find basics and pro tips here and we like to get your feedback. Stay tuned for updates, the next DLC release is getting closer and a big patch is in our pipeline. Have fun and thanks for playing, your team from Funatics and Daedalic

With the desert expansion comes a new flat mountain terrain type (only in free game mode or if Vikings earned enough honor in classic mode!). The dry deserts are a place of sand and instead of bushes with juice berries, there are only cactuses. There's also hardly any water, so fishermen have to stay at an oasis to do their job. To help the Vikings survive and make the land arable, there's a new type of building: the 'Irrigator'. It turns sand into meadows, so you can grow crops. The desert is the home of various dangerous scorpions. Mummies will attack players permanently and will start to spread over time. The threats coming out of the portals are considerably stronger! Essential Changes:

New terrain type: Desert

• A new, flat, sandy mountain type: the desert
• The mountain type can be chosen manually, by starting a new game in free mode or classic mode, if enough honor has been accumulated.

Adjustment to the map generator

• The map generator has been updated to generate narrow passages on desert maps. Desert mountains are generally more flat.

New enemy type: Mummies

• Desert mountains feature new enemies: mummies. Right from the start, there will be 1-3 mummy villages on the map. A village consists of few buildings. Mummies will attack players constantly and will slowly spread.

New building: The irrigator

• The irrigator will turn sand into meadows, so you can grow crops.

An ocean of sand

• Desert mountains are surrounded by sand, not water! Fishermen are only useful in an oasis.

New "bushes "Cactuses

New beasts: various scorpions

With the desert expansion comes a new flat mountain terrain type (only in free game mode or if Vikings earned enough honor in classic mode!). The dry deserts are a place of sand and instead of bushes with juice berries, there are only cactuses. There's also hardly any water, so fishermen have to stay at an oasis to do their job. To help the Vikings survive and make the land arable, there's a new type of building: the 'Irrigator'. It turns sand into meadows, so you can grow crops. The desert is the home of various dangerous scorpions. Mummies will attack players permanently and will start to spread over time. The threats coming out of the portals are considerably stronger! Essential Changes:

New terrain type: Desert

• A new, flat, sandy mountain type: the desert
• The mountain type can be chosen manually, by starting a new game in free mode or classic mode, if enough honor has been accumulated.

Adjustment to the map generator

• The map generator has been updated to generate narrow passages on desert maps. Desert mountains are generally more flat.

New enemy type: Mummies

• Desert mountains feature new enemies: mummies. Right from the start, there will be 1-3 mummy villages on the map. A village consists of few buildings. Mummies will attack players constantly and will slowly spread.

New building: The irrigator

• The irrigator will turn sand into meadows, so you can grow crops.

An ocean of sand

• Desert mountains are surrounded by sand, not water! Fishermen are only useful in an oasis.

New "bushes "Cactuses

New beasts: various scorpions

Watch out, sturdy Vikings: The first DLC for Valhalla Hills will be officially released next week. Combined with a substantial update, players can look forward to a variety of new contents and specials. And maybe there will even be a new type of enemy? - Stay tuned!

Watch out, sturdy Vikings: The first DLC for Valhalla Hills will be officially released next week. Combined with a substantial update, players can look forward to a variety of new contents and specials. And maybe there will even be a new type of enemy? - Stay tuned!

Greetings, brave Vikings!, have fun with the new content arriving with Update 1.01.04! We're looking forward to your feedback!

Dome Dwarfs

The mountains are getting more dangerous! The dome dwarfs, who used to peacefully live underground, now feel disturbed by your Viking’s aboveground activities and are leaving their caves. To secure their tunnels they hew trees and collect all other materials they stumble upon. Even worse; they like it at the surface and start spreading out. They erect dwarfish buildings and slowly and but steadily take over your mountain. Should one of their patrol encounter one of your Vikings it will surely not end peacefully. Better be prepared!

Map Size Adjustable

You are now free to choose width and height for your map when creating new maps.

Couriers

The courier has become more productive. He now aims to fill storages completely, not just item for item.

The courier now creates a longer wishlist, enabling him to fill his backpack to the brim even if there is only one sort of goods available for transport.

Languages

There are 11 languages to choose from in the options. Starting with English and German, including i. a. Russian, French, Chinese and Japanese.

Miscellaneous

Defense Towers: You are able to build Defense Towers now. Assign Vikings to the towers and they will defend it with bows and arrows.

Buildings can now be attacked: You can attack your opponent’s buildings and destroy them. But your opponent now can do likewise to your buildings. Damaged buildings are automatically repaired once the attack has been fend off.

There is more ore in the ground now.

Hewing down trees will now more often produce sticks.

Soldiers are now more frequently looking for malt beer and gold.

Construction sites can now be selected more easily.

The Linux-version is finally showing the intro-sequence.

The unlocks have been slightly adapted again.

The waves on the beach have been adapted.

UI

The "Offering prepared "-Notification has a new icon.

Vikings who have entered the gates of Valhalla now have a special background in the Vikings-Menu.

Fixes

Bones are now correctly burried after you have finished a map.

Greetings, brave Vikings!, have fun with the new content arriving with Update 1.01.04! We're looking forward to your feedback!

Dome Dwarfs

The mountains are getting more dangerous! The dome dwarfs, who used to peacefully live underground, now feel disturbed by your Viking’s aboveground activities and are leaving their caves. To secure their tunnels they hew trees and collect all other materials they stumble upon. Even worse; they like it at the surface and start spreading out. They erect dwarfish buildings and slowly and but steadily take over your mountain. Should one of their patrol encounter one of your Vikings it will surely not end peacefully. Better be prepared!

Map Size Adjustable

You are now free to choose width and height for your map when creating new maps.

Couriers

The courier has become more productive. He now aims to fill storages completely, not just item for item.

The courier now creates a longer wishlist, enabling him to fill his backpack to the brim even if there is only one sort of goods available for transport.

Languages

There are 11 languages to choose from in the options. Starting with English and German, including i. a. Russian, French, Chinese and Japanese.

Miscellaneous

Defense Towers: You are able to build Defense Towers now. Assign Vikings to the towers and they will defend it with bows and arrows.

Buildings can now be attacked: You can attack your opponent’s buildings and destroy them. But your opponent now can do likewise to your buildings. Damaged buildings are automatically repaired once the attack has been fend off.

There is more ore in the ground now.

Hewing down trees will now more often produce sticks.

Soldiers are now more frequently looking for malt beer and gold.

Construction sites can now be selected more easily.

The Linux-version is finally showing the intro-sequence.

The unlocks have been slightly adapted again.

The waves on the beach have been adapted.

UI

The "Offering prepared "-Notification has a new icon.

Vikings who have entered the gates of Valhalla now have a special background in the Vikings-Menu.

Fixes

Bones are now correctly burried after you have finished a map.

Greetings from Leko, brave Vikings! On December 2nd, the time has come: The digital version of Valhalla Hills will be released on Steam and GOG! As we've mentioned before, the Premium- and Contributor editions will be turned off and replaced with the new and revised "Two-Horned-Helmet Edition". The price for the basic version including the final content and latest updates will be 30 EUR. You can find more information regarding the content of the „Two-Horned-Helmet Edition“ hier. In case you obtained the Contributor edition and haven't added your name to the credits yet, you'll still be able to do so after the release. The bonus content for the Premium- and Contributor editions, like the digital autograph card, will still be accessible for their owners after the release of the „Two-Horned-Helmet Edition“. Before the release, there will be an update on December 1st at 11 AM CET. The patchnotes will be posted on the Steam forums on Tuesday, too. Next to various smaller adjustments and improvement, the update will include:

LANGUAGES:

The following languages will be available in Valhalla Hills after the update: German, English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

NEW ENEMIES:

The mysterious gates will finally open! Before starting a new game, you've got the option to activate the Dome Dwarfs. Those will randomly exit the glowing gates, if there are any on your mountain, during play and start spreading out. As long as you don't send your soldiers to the open gates to destroy them, more and more Dome Dwarfs will appear. Their buildings can and should be destroyed, too. This isn't enough of a challenge to you? Then try to go against the Dome Dwarfs „the Viking Way“ ...if you dare! You'll find out more about the Dwarfs later this week. We've also planned an interesting livestream on December 2nd, 5:30 PM CET, during which we answer the questions you ask in the chat. The livestream will be in German, however, feel free to ask your questions in English. They'll be answered in English, too. We'd be happy to see you there: http://www.twitch.tv/valhallahills.

Greetings from Leko, brave Vikings! On December 2nd, the time has come: The digital version of Valhalla Hills will be released on Steam and GOG! As we've mentioned before, the Premium- and Contributor editions will be turned off and replaced with the new and revised "Two-Horned-Helmet Edition". The price for the basic version including the final content and latest updates will be 30 EUR. You can find more information regarding the content of the „Two-Horned-Helmet Edition“ hier. In case you obtained the Contributor edition and haven't added your name to the credits yet, you'll still be able to do so after the release. The bonus content for the Premium- and Contributor editions, like the digital autograph card, will still be accessible for their owners after the release of the „Two-Horned-Helmet Edition“. Before the release, there will be an update on December 1st at 11 AM CET. The patchnotes will be posted on the Steam forums on Tuesday, too. Next to various smaller adjustments and improvement, the update will include:

LANGUAGES:

The following languages will be available in Valhalla Hills after the update: German, English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

NEW ENEMIES:

The mysterious gates will finally open! Before starting a new game, you've got the option to activate the Dome Dwarfs. Those will randomly exit the glowing gates, if there are any on your mountain, during play and start spreading out. As long as you don't send your soldiers to the open gates to destroy them, more and more Dome Dwarfs will appear. Their buildings can and should be destroyed, too. This isn't enough of a challenge to you? Then try to go against the Dome Dwarfs „the Viking Way“ ...if you dare! You'll find out more about the Dwarfs later this week. We've also planned an interesting livestream on December 2nd, 5:30 PM CET, during which we answer the questions you ask in the chat. The livestream will be in German, however, feel free to ask your questions in English. They'll be answered in English, too. We'd be happy to see you there: http://www.twitch.tv/valhallahills.

Leko grüßt euch, tapfere Wikinger! wie ihr sicherlich schon gehört habt, gab es einige Änderungen rund um den Release von Valhalla Hills. Während die Retail-Version wie geplant am 19. November erscheint, verschiebt sich der Erscheinungstermin für die digitale Version auf Steam, COG & Co auf den 2. Dezember. Hier also ein paar wichtige Information zu den Versionen von Valhalla Hills für euch: Der Preis der Standardversion, die ihre finalen Spielinhalte und Updates erhält, wird dann 30,00Euro betragen. Zeitgleich werden dann die Premium und Contributor Edition abgeschaltet, und finden ihre überarbeitete Fassung in der neuen Two-Horned Helmet Edition. Diese neue Premium-Version wird am 02.12.2015 erhältlich sein und hat folgende Inhalte: • Season Pass inklusive 2 DLCs • 5 Special Ingame Items • Digital Artbook • Wallpaper • Digital Soundtrack • Developer Video

Leko grüßt euch, tapfere Wikinger! wie ihr sicherlich schon gehört habt, gab es einige Änderungen rund um den Release von Valhalla Hills. Während die Retail-Version wie geplant am 19. November erscheint, verschiebt sich der Erscheinungstermin für die digitale Version auf Steam, COG & Co auf den 2. Dezember. Hier also ein paar wichtige Information zu den Versionen von Valhalla Hills für euch: Der Preis der Standardversion, die ihre finalen Spielinhalte und Updates erhält, wird dann 30,00Euro betragen. Zeitgleich werden dann die Premium und Contributor Edition abgeschaltet, und finden ihre überarbeitete Fassung in der neuen Two-Horned Helmet Edition. Diese neue Premium-Version wird am 02.12.2015 erhältlich sein und hat folgende Inhalte: • Season Pass inklusive 2 DLCs • 5 Special Ingame Items • Digital Artbook • Wallpaper • Digital Soundtrack • Developer Video

Greetings from Leko, brave vikings! As you have probably heard, there are some changes coming with the release of Valhalla Hills. While the retail version hits the shelf on November, 19th the digital version will be released on December, 2nd on STEAM, GOG and others. So here are some details: The standard version (including the finalized content and updates) will be at 30 Euro on release. At the same time the Premium and Contributor editions will be locked down and be replaced by the new and revised Two-Horned Helmet Edition. This new premium edition will be available on December, 2nd with the following content: • Season Pass including 2 DLCs • 5 Special Ingame Items • Digital Artbook • Wallpaper • Digital Soundtrack • Developer Video

Greetings, brave Vikings!, have fun with the new content arriving with Update 0.12.08! We're looking forward to your feedback!

Toolmaker

Your Vikings grew tired of taking care of their own tools and weapons all the time. So there's a new face around town: the toolmaker. He fulfills all your Vikings' tool needs, but only commissioned pieces (this means you have to personally order tools). Since many jobs need proper tools, it's very important for your settlement to hire a toolmaker. Get one as fast as you can!

Weapon Smith

A warrior shouldn't have to forge his own weapon. So, now there's a weapon smith you can order to craft and forge better bows and axes.

Sawmill, Quarry and Forester

- These extensions have been replaced by their own unique building. There are now designated buildings for creating planks and ashlars and for growing trees. - Lumberjacks will now focus exclusively on lumbering - and masons will harvest stones.

Portals!

- The end portal now has to be entered manually, this will no longer happen automatically. As soon as the portal is successfully activated, the match ends. - Sometimes, you now have to open various smaller portals and face its enemies before you can open the main portal to Valhalla.

Contributor Edition Compilation

Players who bought the Contributor Edition can now submit in-game how they want to be credited. IMPORTANT: please do not submit insulting or profane names or terms. We'd have to delete those from the credits.

Odds&Ends

- You can now assign additional workers to construction sites. - The baker now also needs tools to bake. - Foresters will now only grow trees fitting the landscape. - There's now a new, really large storage. Here you can store loads and loads of goods. - Military camps no longer consume leather - Enemy skeleton health has been reduced. - The "You Lose" screen now gives you the option to play the same map again. - Unlockable content went through some rework - "F" now lets you select the next weapon or tool smith. - Buildings and streets can now be demolished by pressing "Del" - "L" lets you jump to the last position on the map where your Vikings recently fought an enemy. - You can now rotate the camera horizontally with "Q" and "E". - The camera can now be tilted by pressing shift (or the middle mouse button). - You can now directly jump to different zoom factors by pressing 1-4 - Water and sky have been visually adjusted - Signs indicating a deactivated building now have improved visibility - Various objects now have optimized detail levels

Fixes

- Fighters will now look more often for beer and gold - The work radius of mines will now be displayed correctly - Portal enemies are now varying again - If you win in Free Game Mode and start the next map, the map size does no longer depend on campaign progress. - You can now use the arrow keys for moving the camera again after clicking a button and other related actions. - Right-clicking now cancels relocating mode of a building. - A jumping-camera-glitch after using the middle mouse button has been fixed. - You can no longer place buildings while the game is paused - The "Edit" button in the Viking-screen is now deactivated while the list of Vikings is empty. - Graphic settings are now preset depending on your machine's performance. - Various text issues have been fixed

Greetings, brave Vikings!, have fun with the new content arriving with Update 0.12.08! We're looking forward to your feedback!

Toolmaker

Your Vikings grew tired of taking care of their own tools and weapons all the time. So there's a new face around town: the toolmaker. He fulfills all your Vikings' tool needs, but only commissioned pieces (this means you have to personally order tools). Since many jobs need proper tools, it's very important for your settlement to hire a toolmaker. Get one as fast as you can!

Weapon Smith

A warrior shouldn't have to forge his own weapon. So, now there's a weapon smith you can order to craft and forge better bows and axes.

Sawmill, Quarry and Forester

- These extensions have been replaced by their own unique building. There are now designated buildings for creating planks and ashlars and for growing trees. - Lumberjacks will now focus exclusively on lumbering - and masons will harvest stones.

Portals!

- The end portal now has to be entered manually, this will no longer happen automatically. As soon as the portal is successfully activated, the match ends. - Sometimes, you now have to open various smaller portals and face its enemies before you can open the main portal to Valhalla.

Contributor Edition Compilation

Players who bought the Contributor Edition can now submit in-game how they want to be credited. IMPORTANT: please do not submit insulting or profane names or terms. We'd have to delete those from the credits.

Odds&Ends

- You can now assign additional workers to construction sites. - The baker now also needs tools to bake. - Foresters will now only grow trees fitting the landscape. - There's now a new, really large storage. Here you can store loads and loads of goods. - Military camps no longer consume leather - Enemy skeleton health has been reduced. - The "You Lose" screen now gives you the option to play the same map again. - Unlockable content went through some rework - "F" now lets you select the next weapon or tool smith. - Buildings and streets can now be demolished by pressing "Del" - "L" lets you jump to the last position on the map where your Vikings recently fought an enemy. - You can now rotate the camera horizontally with "Q" and "E". - The camera can now be tilted by pressing shift (or the middle mouse button). - You can now directly jump to different zoom factors by pressing 1-4 - Water and sky have been visually adjusted - Signs indicating a deactivated building now have improved visibility - Various objects now have optimized detail levels

Fixes

- Fighters will now look more often for beer and gold - The work radius of mines will now be displayed correctly - Portal enemies are now varying again - If you win in Free Game Mode and start the next map, the map size does no longer depend on campaign progress. - You can now use the arrow keys for moving the camera again after clicking a button and other related actions. - Right-clicking now cancels relocating mode of a building. - A jumping-camera-glitch after using the middle mouse button has been fixed. - You can no longer place buildings while the game is paused - The "Edit" button in the Viking-screen is now deactivated while the list of Vikings is empty. - Graphic settings are now preset depending on your machine's performance. - Various text issues have been fixed

Leko grüßt euch, tapfere Wikinger!, viel Spaß mit den Neuerungen des Updates 0.12.08! Wir freuen uns auf euer Feedback!

Werkzeugmacher

Deinen Wikingern war es zu mühsam, sich ständig selbst um ihre Werkzeuge und Waffen kümmern zu müssen. Deswegen gibt es nun einen neuen Mitbewohner: den Werkzeugmacher. Dieser baut bei Bedarf alle benötigten Werkzeuge. Allerdings musst du ihn persönlich beauftragen. Da viele Berufe ein Werkzeug brauchen, ist es für deine Siedlung sehr wichtig, einen Werkzeugmacher zu beheimaten! Baue also immer gleich zu Beginn einen.

Waffenmacher

Auch die Soldaten waren es leid, ihre Waffen selbst bauen zu müssen. Deswegen musst du nun bessere Äxte & Bögen bei dem Waffenmacher bauen lassen.

Sägemühle, Steinmetz & Försterei

- Die bisherigen Anbauten wurden durch eigene Gebäude ersetzt. Es gibt nun eigenständige Gebäude, um Planken und Steinquader zu produzieren und um Bäume anzupflanzen. - Der Holzfäller konzentriert sich nun vollständig auf das Baumfällen - und der Steinbrecher auf den Steinabbau.

Portale!

- Das Zielportal muss nun manuell betreten werden, dies erfolgt nicht mehr automatisch. Sobald das Portal erfolgreich betreten wurde, ist das Match beendet. - Es ist nun manchmal nötig, zunächst ein oder mehrere kleine Portale zu öffnen und die Gegner zu besiegen, bevor es dir erlaubt wird, das Hauptportal nach Valhalla zu öffnen.

Contributor Edition Erfassung

Spieler, die die Contributor Edition gekauft haben, können nun im Spiel angeben, wie sie in den Credits genannt werden wollen. WICHTIG: Bitte tragt hier keine Schimpfworte oder anstößige Namen und Begriffe ein, da wir diese sonst aus den Credits löschen müssen.

Verschiedenes

- Nun kannst du auch an den Baustellen selbst bestimmen, wie viele Bauarbeiter dort zusätzlich arbeiten sollen. - Der Bäcker braucht nun auch ein Werkzeug, um backen zu können. - Der Förster pflanzt nun nur noch Baumarten, die zur Landschaft passen - Es gibt nun ein neues, riesiges Lager. Dort können richtig viele Waren eingelagert werden. - Militär-Lager kosten nun kein Leder mehr. - Gegnerische Skelette haben nun weniger Lebensenergie. - Im "Verloren"-Screen kann man nun auswählen, ob man die gleiche Karte nochmals spielen will. - Die Freischaltungen wurden überarbeitet. - Mit 'F' springt man nun zum nächsten Waffen- oder Werkzeugmacher. - Gebäude und Straßen können nun auch mit der Taste 'ENTF' zerstört werden. - Mit 'L' kann man nun zu der Position auf der Karte springen, an der die Wikinger zuletzt gekämpft haben. - Die Kamera kann nun mit den Tasten 'Q' und 'E' horizontal gedreht werden. - Die Kamera kann nun mit der 'Umschalt'-Taste gekippt werden (zusätzlich zur mittleren Maustaste). - Es können nun verschiedene Zoomstufen mit den Tasten 1 bis 4 angesprungen werden. - Wasser und Himmel wurden optisch angepasst - Die Schilder, die anzeigen, dass ein Gebäude abgeschaltet wurde, sind nun besser zu erkennen - Für verschiedene Grafikobjekte wurden die Detailstufen optimiert

Fixes

- Soldaten suchen nun öfters nach Malzbier und Gold. - Die Arbeits-Reichweite einer Mine wird nun korrekt angezeigt. - Die Gegner in den Portalen unterscheiden sich nun wieder. - Wenn man nach einem gewonnenen Freien Spiel die nächste Karte beginnt, wird nun die neue Kartengröße nicht mehr anhand des Kampagnenfortschritts ausgewürfelt. - Man kann nun weiterhin die Pfeiltasten zum Bewegen der Kamera benutzen, nachdem man auf einen Button o.Ä. geklickt hat. - Ein Rechtsklick beendet den Gebäude-versetzen Modus wieder. - Ein fehlerhafter Kamerasprung bei Benutzung der mittleren Maustaste wurde behoben. - Gebäude sind nun im Pausenmodus nicht mehr platzierbar. - Der "Bearbeiten"-Button im Wikinger-Screen ist nun deaktiviert, wenn die Liste der Wikinger leer ist. - Die Einstellungen der Grafikleistung und -details werden nun anhand der Rechnerleistung voreingestellt. - Zahlreiche sprachliche Verbesserungen

Leko grüßt euch, tapfere Wikinger!, viel Spaß mit den Neuerungen des Updates 0.12.08! Wir freuen uns auf euer Feedback!

Werkzeugmacher

Deinen Wikingern war es zu mühsam, sich ständig selbst um ihre Werkzeuge und Waffen kümmern zu müssen. Deswegen gibt es nun einen neuen Mitbewohner: den Werkzeugmacher. Dieser baut bei Bedarf alle benötigten Werkzeuge. Allerdings musst du ihn persönlich beauftragen. Da viele Berufe ein Werkzeug brauchen, ist es für deine Siedlung sehr wichtig, einen Werkzeugmacher zu beheimaten! Baue also immer gleich zu Beginn einen.

Waffenmacher

Auch die Soldaten waren es leid, ihre Waffen selbst bauen zu müssen. Deswegen musst du nun bessere Äxte & Bögen bei dem Waffenmacher bauen lassen.

Sägemühle, Steinmetz & Försterei

- Die bisherigen Anbauten wurden durch eigene Gebäude ersetzt. Es gibt nun eigenständige Gebäude, um Planken und Steinquader zu produzieren und um Bäume anzupflanzen. - Der Holzfäller konzentriert sich nun vollständig auf das Baumfällen - und der Steinbrecher auf den Steinabbau.

Portale!

- Das Zielportal muss nun manuell betreten werden, dies erfolgt nicht mehr automatisch. Sobald das Portal erfolgreich betreten wurde, ist das Match beendet. - Es ist nun manchmal nötig, zunächst ein oder mehrere kleine Portale zu öffnen und die Gegner zu besiegen, bevor es dir erlaubt wird, das Hauptportal nach Valhalla zu öffnen.

Contributor Edition Erfassung

Spieler, die die Contributor Edition gekauft haben, können nun im Spiel angeben, wie sie in den Credits genannt werden wollen. WICHTIG: Bitte tragt hier keine Schimpfworte oder anstößige Namen und Begriffe ein, da wir diese sonst aus den Credits löschen müssen.

Verschiedenes

- Nun kannst du auch an den Baustellen selbst bestimmen, wie viele Bauarbeiter dort zusätzlich arbeiten sollen. - Der Bäcker braucht nun auch ein Werkzeug, um backen zu können. - Der Förster pflanzt nun nur noch Baumarten, die zur Landschaft passen - Es gibt nun ein neues, riesiges Lager. Dort können richtig viele Waren eingelagert werden. - Militär-Lager kosten nun kein Leder mehr. - Gegnerische Skelette haben nun weniger Lebensenergie. - Im "Verloren"-Screen kann man nun auswählen, ob man die gleiche Karte nochmals spielen will. - Die Freischaltungen wurden überarbeitet. - Mit 'F' springt man nun zum nächsten Waffen- oder Werkzeugmacher. - Gebäude und Straßen können nun auch mit der Taste 'ENTF' zerstört werden. - Mit 'L' kann man nun zu der Position auf der Karte springen, an der die Wikinger zuletzt gekämpft haben. - Die Kamera kann nun mit den Tasten 'Q' und 'E' horizontal gedreht werden. - Die Kamera kann nun mit der 'Umschalt'-Taste gekippt werden (zusätzlich zur mittleren Maustaste). - Es können nun verschiedene Zoomstufen mit den Tasten 1 bis 4 angesprungen werden. - Wasser und Himmel wurden optisch angepasst - Die Schilder, die anzeigen, dass ein Gebäude abgeschaltet wurde, sind nun besser zu erkennen - Für verschiedene Grafikobjekte wurden die Detailstufen optimiert

Fixes

- Soldaten suchen nun öfters nach Malzbier und Gold. - Die Arbeits-Reichweite einer Mine wird nun korrekt angezeigt. - Die Gegner in den Portalen unterscheiden sich nun wieder. - Wenn man nach einem gewonnenen Freien Spiel die nächste Karte beginnt, wird nun die neue Kartengröße nicht mehr anhand des Kampagnenfortschritts ausgewürfelt. - Man kann nun weiterhin die Pfeiltasten zum Bewegen der Kamera benutzen, nachdem man auf einen Button o.Ä. geklickt hat. - Ein Rechtsklick beendet den Gebäude-versetzen Modus wieder. - Ein fehlerhafter Kamerasprung bei Benutzung der mittleren Maustaste wurde behoben. - Gebäude sind nun im Pausenmodus nicht mehr platzierbar. - Der "Bearbeiten"-Button im Wikinger-Screen ist nun deaktiviert, wenn die Liste der Wikinger leer ist. - Die Einstellungen der Grafikleistung und -details werden nun anhand der Rechnerleistung voreingestellt. - Zahlreiche sprachliche Verbesserungen

Hi friends, it looks like our vikings had a brief visit from the celts. They embellished the village and left tons of pumpkins and Halloween decorations lasting till November, 15th. A new source of food? Maybe, but more important: Happy Halloween! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230098361/5F7D3D52E89DBD2A0602566F7C2CAD330A46D21E/ http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230108378/8F9AAA6D6F4F3671EB14CD9E67BF537C017C5409/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:618&composite-to=*,*|1024:618&background-color=black More pics await you in the "Art" section!

Hi friends, it looks like our vikings had a brief visit from the celts. They embellished the village and left tons of pumpkins and Halloween decorations lasting till November, 15th. A new source of food? Maybe, but more important: Happy Halloween! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230098361/5F7D3D52E89DBD2A0602566F7C2CAD330A46D21E/ http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230108378/8F9AAA6D6F4F3671EB14CD9E67BF537C017C5409/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:618&composite-to=*,*|1024:618&background-color=black More pics await you in the "Art" section!

Hallo Freunde der gepflegten Wikinger-Action, ab heute bis zum 15. November haben ein paar Kelten heimlich den Wikingern das Dorf mit aparter Halloween-Dekoration verschönert, um ihnen den Herbst angenehm zu gestalten. Hoffentlich werden die Kürbisse nicht zum Grundnahrungsmittel unserer spitzhelmigen Freunde. In diesem Sinne: gruseliges Halloween! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230114658/C8882AD0EE9CF01497B3064C4F7D98D2EBBA1CB4/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:528&composite-to=*,*|1024:528&background-color=black http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230118307/62A5E28F4A4BE1451AE270B2E5DFCDFFFFE96CCE/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:618&composite-to=*,*|1024:618&background-color=black Mehr heimelige Halloween-Pics findet Ihr in der "Artwork"-Abteilung

Hallo Freunde der gepflegten Wikinger-Action, ab heute bis zum 15. November haben ein paar Kelten heimlich den Wikingern das Dorf mit aparter Halloween-Dekoration verschönert, um ihnen den Herbst angenehm zu gestalten. Hoffentlich werden die Kürbisse nicht zum Grundnahrungsmittel unserer spitzhelmigen Freunde. In diesem Sinne: gruseliges Halloween! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230114658/C8882AD0EE9CF01497B3064C4F7D98D2EBBA1CB4/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:528&composite-to=*,*|1024:528&background-color=black http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/389918106230118307/62A5E28F4A4BE1451AE270B2E5DFCDFFFFE96CCE/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:618&composite-to=*,*|1024:618&background-color=black Mehr heimelige Halloween-Pics findet Ihr in der "Artwork"-Abteilung

Greetings, brave Vikings!, exciting new content awaits in Update 0.11.07!

Nibble & Nap

Your Vikings' needs got a thorough overhaul (sleeping & eating). Each Viking now has a meter ranging from 0 to 25 indicating the need for food and sleep. A 0 on the sleep-meter means the Viking is well rested while 25 means extreme sleep deprivation. A food-meter at 0 means the Viking is well fed while 25 means your Viking is starving. Until now, different actions used up energy (like running, carrying stuff, letting time pass etc...). This is a thing of the past, now energy consumption is tied to specific actions or daytimes: SLEEP INCREASE: Each evening, the need for sleep rises 4 points. Vikings will also become increasingly tired when they work or carry goods. REGENERATION: If the sleep-meter reaches 15 or more points, the Viking needs and probably wants to sleep. Vikings assigned to a dwelling will go there to rest. Without shelter, Vikings will just go to an adequate spot and rest there. While resting in the open, sleep will regenerate at a rate of measly 2 points per 5 seconds. Resting in a dwelling will decrease the need for sleep by impressive 5 points per 5 seconds. As you can see, having your Vikings sheltered is pretty efficient! As soon as your Vikings are well-rested, they'll get back to work. FOOD CONSUMPTION: Every Morning hunger increases by 1 point. Every act of working also increases hunger. Light chores, like storing goods will increase hunger by 1. Hard work, like mining increases hunger by 4 points. FOOD REGENERATION: If hunger gets higher than 15 points, your Vikings will get hungry. They'll start searching for food near their current position. Different food now offers different nourishment (up to now, each meal did the same for a hungry Viking): -Mushrooms will reduce hunger by 3 per mushroom -Berries will reduce Hunger by 4 -Fish reduces hunger by 5 -Meat reduces hunger by 6 -Bread reduces hunger by 8 -Sandwiches reduce hunger by 10

New Game Mode: "Open Game" When starting a new game, you can now choose between "Normal Mode" and "Open Game" mode. "NORMAL MODE" is the mode you're already used to: it starts easy and levels will only contain game elements you've already unlocked, including buildings. Through your actions while playing, new game elements and achievements will be unlocked. In this mode, and only in this mode, your Vikings will accumulate Honor! "OPEN GAME" instantly offers all game elements right from the start: the mountain is more diverse, the enemies significantly more dangerous and you can construct all available buildings right away. However, you can't unlock further game elements and your Vikings won't accumulate Honor in this game mode.

Halloween The spirits of Halloween have risen in Valhalla Hills :)

Graveyards There will be the occasional graveyard guarded by skeleton-warriors in the mountains.

Progress We sped up progress in regards of unlockable content. You can now play larger maps faster. Also, farmers and bakers are now earlier accessible.

Vikings

The hunter will now go for the nearest animal, no matter if rabbit or wolf.

The lumberjack will now collect logs first, before cutting down more trees.

Ice Vikings and beasts now have a truce of some sort and won't attack each other anymore.

Your Vikings now don't have to be so close to a portal anymore if they want to open it.

The geologist can now find stones beneath the earth. A miner can mine for those.

Soldiers won't get bored anymore, they're now always on guard.

Military camps can no be built in steep places. Now your fighters can reach areas that were inaccessible before. *Fighters will now react immediately if their camp is relocated.

UI

You can now keep a closer look on your Vikings with an own observation-window. Please note: This feature uses up quite a bit of processing power. If your machine slows down noticeably you should probably turn this feature off.

Geologist signs are now clickable. If you click one, you will see what resource your geologist found.

The number of Vikings will now be constantly displayed.

Tooltips will now show nutrition facts.

OPTIONS

You can now choose in the options, if the scroll wheel should scroll to where the cursor is, or if you want to scroll to the screen center.

GRAPHICS

Depth of Field will improve the overall look of the game (activate/deactivate this in the Graphics Options, starts from 'middle' settings and is visible when you zoom in)

Vikings will now spill (fake)blood. This option can be de/activated in the Graphics Options

The Viking model went through some slight adjustments.

Our Vikings worked out. It's still not enough for a solid sixpack, but we're getting there ;o) As a side-effect they now look a bit more fierce. But who wouldn't on a diet like that?

There is a new Russian font.

Odds & Ends

Fix: Zoom speed for zooming in/out (Mouse wheel) has been normalized.

Camera controls now adapt better to terrain.

Relocateable buildings can now be repositioned by a simple right click after selecting them.

A troops supply can now hold 10 units of beer & 10 gold

Sacrifices on an altar will now grant all Vikings honor.

It's getting cold outside. Perishables will decay at a slower rate.